Dave Min
Democrat
· CA-47 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs · Joint Economic Committee
Influence Score
47.9
Least exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,623,307
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$8,559,193
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.3
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $30.35M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $61K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$4,201,361
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Share from this one network
4.9%
Amount from this network
$53,970
Total from all networks
$1,109,312
Networks contributing
235
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Who funds Min
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,172,606
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
9.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
25.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$35.00M
ULINE
$23.49M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
BLOOMBERG
$15.85M
EMC
$15.50M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.26M
REYES
$9.01M
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN LL
$6.95M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.50M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.00M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.00M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.00M
ARVEST BANK
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
WALTON
$5.00M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$4.03M
SOVEREIGN
$4.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Dave Min comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.19M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.71M
Dark-money outside spending
$3.48M
Share that is dark money
26.39%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$1.92M
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$4.62M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$3.32M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.32M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$922K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$567K
WORKERS VOTE
$366K
HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES
$361K
SLF PAC
$353K
UNITE TO WIN
$322K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PAC
$321K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$200K
DMFI PAC
$83K
AAPI VICTORY FUND, INC.
$75K
THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY FEDERAL IE COMMITTEE
$73K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$67K
Groups that hide their donors
$1.32M
$1.21M
$17K
2 smaller groups under $500
$739
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
BITCOIN FREEDOM PAC
$114K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $121K to Dave Min across 160 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$121K
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
160
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 | 61 | $47K |
| 2026 | 63 | 99 | $74K |
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Dave Min ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required